Gate-latch.



T. J. BROWNING.

GATE LATCH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5.

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GATE-LATCH.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed November 5, 1913. Serial No. 799,372.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, THoMes J. BROWNING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Waynesboro, in the county of Wayne and State ofMississippi, have invented a new and useful Gate-Latch, of which thefollowingis a specification.

The present invention appertains to a latchfor' gates, and doors, andcontemplates the provision of'a novel and improved device of. thatcharacter. Y

Another object of the present invention is to provide means whereby thekeeperlring means of. a padlock.

and latch bar maybe locked together by view which will appearas thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and:arrangement of parts and in the details of constructionhereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be'made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment intheaccompanying drawing, wherein g i Figure 1 is a perspective view of thelatch mechanism applied-to a gate and post. Fig.

taken above the latch mechanism. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken onkthe'line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawing, the numeral designates a' gate, although the same may betaken as typical, to represent a door or other'movable structures,"andthe numeral 2 designates the fence ,ost adjoining the free endof thegate, whic may also be taken as typical.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a keeper ring3, which is mounted within the arms o a U-shaped carrier or holder 4,which carrier is preferably bent from a bar or strip-of metal. One endportion 5 of the carrier 4 is straight, and is adapted to be secured tothat "side of the post '2 adjoining the free endof the gate 1,while theother end portion 6 of the carrier 4 is bent angularly, to be secured tothe adjoining side of the post whereby the intermediate portion or bodyof the carrier 4 will be effectively disposed for cotiperatiomwith thefree end of the gate. Thekeeper ring 3 is disposed between the arms ofthe carrier 4 and intermediate of the bend. of the carr er, and theendportions 5-6, a rivet or pm being secured through the arms of thecarrier to support the'keeper ring for free movements about the rivet orpin. Particular attention is directed to the fact that the rivet 7 isdisposed relatively close to the bend of the carrier, and to the loweredges of the carrier arms, in. order that the keeper ring Wlll. operateto carry out certain desired results, as will hereinafter more fullyappear.

A latch bar 8 is secured to the gate 1, and

is preferably rigid with the gate, with its With the foregoing and otherobjects me free and projecting or protruding for engagement with thekeeper ring 3 below the carrier 4, the latch bar 8 having an outstandingear or lobe 9, so arrangedas to project along the lower portion of thekeeper ring when the latch bar is engaged by the said ring, and the saidear being apertured, whereby a padlock may bev engaged to the said earand lower portion of the keeper ring, as seen in Fig. 3. The latch bar 8is so arranged, as to swing snugly under the carrier 4 whereby when thegate is closed, the free end of the latch barengaging the keeper ring,will throw the keeper ring upwardly, and when the free end of the latchbar strikes the post 2, the keeper ring will drop, to lock between thelatch bar, and the bend of the carrier 4. Thus, the gate will beeffectively locked, and it will not be possible to force the keeper ring3 upwardly, by pressure against the gate, the rivet 7 besodisposed asnot to permit the keeper ring to be forced upwardly by the outwardmovement of the gate. The rivet 7, however, permits the keeper ring toreadily swing upward when the gate is closed. 'Io lock the gate, theshackle of the padlock 10 may be readily engaged through the aperturedear 9 and the lower portion of the keeper ring 3, which will prevent thekeeper ringfrom being disengaged from the latch bar until the lock isremoved.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, the advantagesand'capabiliti'es of the present device will be obvious tothose versedin the art, and need not be commented upon at length, it being obviousthat the objects aimed at have been carried out in a satisfactorymanner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: Incombination with parts movable to and from each other, a carrierattached to one 5 part, a keeper ring loosely supported by the carrier,and a latch bar attached. to the other part to move snugly "under thecarrier'for the engagement of the keeper ring, the latch bar having anapertured ear so arranged as 10 to project along the lower portion ofthe keeper ring when the latch bar is engaged by the keeper-ring, saidapertured ear and keeper ring being adapted to be engaged by a padlock.

In-testimOny that I claim the foregoing 15 as my own, I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

T. J. BROWNING; Witnesses:

TROY NoRswoRTHY, C. G. NOBSWORTHY.

